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Abandoned Horses Pose Dilemma for Ranchers


Ranchers in the old West saw their horse herds depleted by rustlers. Today people are abandoning unwanted domestic horses on ranches and public lands, noted a story on TheWorldLink.com originating from La Grande, Ore. High hay prices and the closure this fall of the nation's last domestic horsemeat processing facility in Illinois may be partly to ...



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